So I shall send Miss Deane a brief note of regret." Dick continued to examine his mail while carrying on a running fire of talk with his proud and happy mother.
"Oh, here is a very nice note from Susie Sharp," he murmured, opening another epistle.

"She is having quite a few friends at the house this afternoon, and she begs that Greg and I will be present.

Miss Sharp was a very nice girl in the old days, although she and I never happened to be very particular friends.

Now, I want to have all the time I can for my real friends of the old days." "Miss Sharp would be very proud to entertain two men from West Point," suggested his mother.
"That's just the reason," Dick answered.

"Miss Sharp invites us not because she was ever much a friend of ours, but simply because she is anxious to entertain two cadets.